Artificial Beauty

[drewphotograph]

I took this shot on Sunday.
It's an artificial flower.



did i do a right rule? like rule of third, etc?
and other stuff which is i don't know to improve my shot. thank you

[GB1]

Well, first of all, it's basically a well composed shot. I think I would have left a little more space in front of the flower on the left side, but not much. The blurred background is generally good also. It's a little dark on the right compared to the left, which is slightly too bright as is some petals of the flower. But I think it's OK.

However, the main problem I have with the shot is that it looks like an artificial flower. The water on it does nothing to fool me.. it really looks more like water droplets on a white suit. But I guess it is what it is, a good photo test subject.

Gb

[MB1]

My problem is that you have the fake flower almost exactly in the center of the frame.

I am sure that you could come up with a better composition with the same subject. You might even think about trying to make the fake look even faker......

[ChowChi-Ching]

This picture is something I really like but if you try to mirror the image I think the flow of the whole picture works better..... kind of how you read from left to right, I kind of played with your image a little and found the mirrored image really seemed to make the image work for me.....

[drewphotograph]

It's a little dark on the right compared to the left, which is slightly too bright as is some petals of the flower. But I think it's OK.

Gb

hm next time i'll consider that, hehe.
the source of light was from left hand side

looks like an artificial flower. The water on it does nothing to fool me.. it really looks more like water droplets on a white suit. But I guess it is what it is, a good photo test subject.

Gb

It is an artificial flower GB, hehe. the flower isn't real flower. : )

My problem is that you have the fake flower almost exactly in the center of the frame.

I am sure that you could come up with a better composition with the same subject. You might even think about trying to make the fake look even faker......

when i took this shot i was thinking the same, but then i think again if i put the flower more the right, i will have a big empty space in the frame, hehe. was it look fine? then I decided to put the flower more to the center hehe. my bad, next time it won't be @ the center.

This picture is something I really like but if you try to mirror the image I think the flow of the whole picture works better..... kind of how you read from left to right, I kind of played with your image a little and found the mirrored image really seemed to make the image work for me.....

Ah you right, it looks so much better after i flip it. thank you, i'll do the same if i took photo like this again.

Thank you guys for constructive input thanks a lot

[IndyRick]

One think struck me as I looked at this photo.....texture. I thought the texture difference between the water drops and the flower fabric was quite striking!